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Roaring like a fire demon, the car devoured 250 miles almost without slackening. From Rome it fled across Umbria and Tuscany into the hills of Forli. A quirk of the thumb and Mussolini cut the ignition. An easy swing of the wheel and he coasted silently up the drive of a country villa at Carpena. Dazed, the Premier's chauffeur looked about him, rubbed caked dust from smarting eyes...
Soon Alexander was possessed of two sooty straws. One he held betwixt thumb and forefinger as his automobile proceeded down the street in which the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated-thus starting the World...
...heavily tanned and freckled complexion, his horn-rimmed spectacles in their gold frame, his slanting forehead, his meticulously parted hair. He answered questions for the most part readily, always frankly, in a mild, almost diffident voice. One trick of his amused the attendants. He pinches his lips between thumb and forefinger every time he must reflect for a phrase...
...nations can settle their disputes in private and can thumb their noses at Geneva fireworks. But even Mexico and the United States seem to gain little amity by their isolation from councils and permanent seats. Just what has caused the latest row will be Professor Hackett's subject tonight at 8 o'clock in the Common Room of Conant Hall. Professor Hackett is a visiting lecturer from Texas, so he ought to know...
...freshmen last week shoved their supper dishes off the tables, bashed glassware, chairs, trays, butter, jams and desserts in all directions, shuffled out into Berkeley Oval and lighted bonfires, scampered into New Haven streets ringing fire alarms, pulling down trolley poles, pushing automobiles from their parking places, nagging, taunting, thumb-nosing at policemen...